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 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - In one historic hour Monday, Gov. Eliot Spitzer's once-unlimited political career will dissolve into disgrace, undone by hypocrisy, and Lt. Gov. David Paterson will be sworn in as New York's first black governor.
The transition in top Democrats means a tone of bipartisanship that Spitzer promised could finally come about under the milder-mannered Paterson, who will take his oath in a joint session of the Legislature.
The 53-year-old former lawmaker from Harlem already has a guide. His favorite governor was Hugh L. Carey, the Democrat who helped save New York City from bankruptcy in the 1970s by making hard choices that, when they succeeded, became good politics.
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